Anglo-Saxon / Medival Age Test Flashcards
Alliteration
A repetition of words throughout a story or sentences.
Caesura
A pause in a story for dramatic effect.
Kenning
Is a two word description of something
Example: Shield = Hard Circle
Beasts of Battle
Eagle
Hawk
Wolf
Raven
Feudalism
A self sufficient community
Crusades
The English trying to take the lands of the Middle East through six crusades.
Hierarchy
Rank or order of importance
The beginning and end of the Anglo-Saxon age? (Which was also the beginning of the medieval age)
449 to 1066
Pilgrimage
A Pilgrims journey or a religious journey
Ballads
Musical tales that were for the most part sung in correct context on what happened.
Types of Chaucer Tales
Saints stories
Courtly Love
Beast Fable
Allegory
Posse Comitatus
A band of brothers in a sense. A posse
Wergeld
Man-Money Price
Heroic Ideal
- A self sacrificing person
- Handsome
- Wise
- Royal Blood
- etc.
Courtly Love know 2
- Marriage is no real excuse for not loving
2. He who is not jealous cannot love
Celts
The original people of the land
Anglo-Saxon age was also referred to as?
The Dark Ages
British literature included what countries?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland
Carpe Diem
Seize the day (Yolo)
Who were the Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxon
were dominant in the land, hints the word Angle-Land (England)
Christianity to the Pagans
Christians tricked Pagans into believing in God
Mead Hall
Where all the men would meet before and after a War or a Hunt
Scop
Court singer, tribal historian, genealogist, teacher, composer, critic, warrior, traveler, and reporter.
Literary styles of Anglo Saxons
-Allegory
-Debates
-Drama
-Ballad
All Subjects dealt with valor, honor, and ones lord.
